The Lord's Prayer - A Pattern, a Priority, a Promise

2025-11-02

Pastor Hedley Clemo

Luke 11:1-13

Luke's Gospel - Good news for all people

This message looks at the Lord's Prayer in Luke chapter 11 and especially zooms in on the priority of prayer in regard to being unashamed askers. Those who will long persevere in asking God for things, those who will be shameless, bold and confident. The message has three phases: 1. The Pattern (the Lord's prayer is a model prayer) 2. The Priority (persistence in praying - the friend at midnight parable) 3. The Promise (how much more does God give good things to his children)

Pride, entitlement and worship

2025-10-26

Clive Bullock

Matthew 4:8-11

One-off Messages

A one-off message on the 3-fold temptation of Jesus as recorded in Matthew chapter 4.

What does a godly marriage look like?

2025-10-19

Pastor Hedley Clemo

Ephesians 5:18-33

One-off Messages

This is a one-off message on the topic of marriage from Ephesians 5v18-33. We look at 4 secular takes on marriage: 1. About me 2. About chemistry 3. About compatibility 4. About cohabitation We look at 4 aspects of true biblical marriage: 1. What it is 2. What it takes 3. What it does 4. What it shows

Jesus: The Evidence (Thatcham Festival Event)

2025-10-14

Derek McIntyre

One-offs

Being a Mary in a Martha world

2025-10-12

Pastor Hedley Clemo

Luke 10:38-42; Psalms 27:4; Philippians 3:10-13

Luke's Gospel - Good news for all people

This message is about priority - that which comes prior, that which must be before all other things - it is that 'One Thing'. Both Mary and Martha appear to have been followers, lovers of Jesus - but they are different. Martha is swept along with the busyness of life while Mary has learned to daily sit at Jesus' feet and sit under the authority of His holy word. Many good things of this life are those things that serve as DISTRACTIONS that slowly but surely take us away from that which MUST be 'prior' - the best thing, the chief thing, the one …

Matthew 16v13-16 - What is your personal position on Jesus?

2025-10-05

Josh Williamson

Matthew 16:13-16

One-off Messages

Josh Williamson is from the Open Air Mission (OAM) and preaching on Peter's confession of Jesus as the Christ and also as the very Son of the Living God at Caesarea Philippi - a very cosmopolitan and multi-faith area North East of the Sea of Galilee.

How is it possible to love our neighbour as ourselves?

2025-09-28

Pastor Hedley Clemo

Luke 10:25-37

Luke's Gospel - Good news for all people

To love our neighbour as ourselves is only something that Jesus has ever been able to do fully. Here we look at Gospel Neighbouring and where we can get the power and ability to do this.

What it involves being 'on the road' with Jesus

2025-09-14

Pastor Hedley Clemo

Luke's Gospel - Good news for all people

Luke 9v51 tells us that from this point on Jesus set his face to go to Jerusalem (and his death, of course). He shows us here is these 2 very brief episodes that there are 2 balancing things need to truly follow him in discipleship: 1. Mercy 2. Commitment which entails a) hardship, b) urgency and c) focus (no looking back)

What true greatness is and is not

2025-09-07

Pastor Hedley Clemo

Matthew 18:1-9; Luke 9:46-50; Mark 9:33-50

Luke's Gospel - Good news for all people

This message digs out (mainly from Mark 9v33-50) what true greatness is according to Jesus. 1. What true greatness is: Being last of all and being servant of all, being truly humble 2. What true greatness is not: Having a 'competitive spirit', having a 'party spirit' (being cliquey) and having a 'sin-soft, saltless spirit'

When Jesus gives us His helping hand

2025-08-31

Pastor Hedley Clemo

Luke 9:37-45; Mark 9:14-23; Matthew 17:14-23

Luke's Gospel - Good news for all people

As Jesus comes down from His mountaintop experience, He comes down into the valley of our tears and misery. What we see is that He comes to tackle the problems of FAILURE and also of FAITH by way of giving His tender helping hand. 1. Failure - Learning to deal with it 2, Faith - Learning to reckon on it

The transfiguration - Glory and suffering married together

2025-08-24

Pastor Hedley Clemo

Luke 9:28-36; Matthew 17:1-13; Mark 9:1-12

Luke's Gospel - Good news for all people

In this discipleship lesson we encounter an UNFORGETTABLE event. It is a mountaintop experience that is to LOOM LARGE in the apostles mind. This is a passage that is directly linked to the previous events where Jesus told them that he must suffer, must die and they must follow suit. In this event Jesus shows His full glory and marries together suffering and glory that belong and must be kept together if the disciples are to be able to practically cope with suffering.

A message from Luke's gospel preparing us for the New Year 2025.

Christmas 2024

December 2024

A series of 2 messages looking at Christmas themes from John's gospel and Luke's gospel.

Luke's Gospel - Good news for all people

November 2024 – November 2025

This series takes us all the way through the longest of the four gospels of Jesus Christ, written by the only Gentile writer in Holy Scripture.

Christmas 2023

December 2023

2 Messages from Luke's Gospel about the Invitation that Christmas gives us to Faith, Blessing and Service along with a message about the Emotion of Joy that we find that binds the Christmas stories all together - Joy for the Old, the Young, the Rich and for the Poor.

Easter 2023

April 2023

A pair of messages for Easter 2023 - one from Matthew's account of the crucifixion looking at how the episode centres around mocking and how the irony of that brings out four clear truths and then - second, looking at the Thomas account in John's gospel and considering his journey from doubt to worship and then to witness.

Day by day - Daily grace

January – March 2023

This short series looks at 'daily' things in Scripture and reminds us of the typical 'rhythms of grace' or 'means of grace' that we as Christians should use and benefit from.

Proverbs - Wisdom From Above

May – September 2022

Studies through the Book of Proverbs giving us God's wisdom for everyday living that pleases Him and blesses us

This series explores Paul letter to the church at Rome. This letter would be considered by most as the greatest of all the New Testament letters. It has been a letter that has changed the world by changing numerous people down through the ages by it's powerful and masterful explanation of the Gospel of God.

One-off Messages

October 2020 – October 2025

These messages are just adhoc and don't form part of a larger series and are not related to life-cycle events such as dedications etc.

This series picks up what is known as Jesus' Farewell Discourse (traditionally John 14-17) and also includes the introductory chapter where Jesus shows, in many ways, what it means to truly love one another.It teaches us how to maintain our joy when everything around us might be caving in.

This series has much to encourage and strengthen us.It has the theme of God's sufficient grace running through and dwells much on Christ and His salvation.It also has the theme of suffering present from start to finish and that helps us a lot at this time of world uncertainty with COVID-19.

This book has been helpfully described as an extended commentary on Matthew 6 verse 33 'Seek first the kingdom and his righteousness...' (Ralph Earle)

A series working through the questions and answers that come up in this short 3 chapter minor prophet in the Old Testament.It ends with a wonderful climax in chapter 3 - a wonderful psalm on praise.

The Normal Christian Life

December 2017 – February 2018

This series works through 5 key aspects of any 'normal' Christian life:• Divine Power • Divine Purpose • Divine Pleasure • Divine Passion • Our Progress

This series takes a look at the Lord's Prayer from Matthew's gospel, which forms a part of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount.

Kennet Radio on FM - 'In Conversation' (2014) with the Rev. Hedley Clemo

Kennet Radio on FM - 'In Conversation' (2013) with the Rev. Hedley Clemo

Luke - Jesus The Travelling StorytellerIn this series we follow the eleven unique stories and parables that Jesus told in Luke's account of his travels through Samaria on his way to Jerusalem.

A look at the Pastoral letters - starting off with 1 Timothy

A 2 message Christmas series based around a pair of 'baby bios' one on John the Baptist and one on Jesus.

In this series we follow the steps of the Psalm writer as he makes his way through the many challenges of life done God's way.This Psalm has many high points and also more than its fair share of stressful seasons.

Christmas in 3 WordsA short 3 message Christmas series taken from 3 passages in Luke's gospel.

Matthew 6v5-13 - The Lord's PrayerA series of 8 messages on the familiar yet profound Lord's Prayer.

Mark 1-13 - So Who Exactly is this Jesus?This is a gospel series from Mark's eyes and tackles the first 13 chapters.

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